Marion Barry Is the Gaffe that Keeps on Giving

If you were searching for an afternoon face-palm, D.C. Council member Marion Barry is your man. In the midst of apologizing to Asians for calling them dirty and chastising Filipino nurses (for being nurses?), Barry decided to invoke the term "Polacks."

If you were searching for an afternoon face-palm, D.C. Council member Marion Barry is your man. In the midst of apologizing to Asians for calling them dirty and chastising Filipino nurses (for being nurses?), Barry decided to invoke the term "Polacks." Well done, sir.

“The Irish caught hell, the Jews caught hell, the Polacks caught hell," Barry was quoted as saying in a report by The Washington Post's Paul Schwartzman. After proving the filter between Barry's brain and mouth was non-existent, he added, "We want Ward 8 to be the model of diversity."